How to say "reception" in Japanese

• 受付うけつけJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounThe desk or counter where visitors are received — at a hotel, office, or hospital — and, by extension, the person who works there; this is the 'reception' you check in at.
  きれいな花はなが受付うけつけのデスクに飾かざってありました。↗

  There were beautiful flowers on the reception desk.
• 受容じゅようCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbReception in the abstract sense: how ideas, art, or cultural influences are received and taken up. It does not refer to a desk or to greeting visitors.
• 応接おうせつJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbThe act of receiving and attending to visitors — welcoming them and dealing with them. It names the activity rather than the desk itself.
• 電波でんぱJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounRadio waves, and by extension the signal your phone or radio picks up. When people say reception is bad on a phone, this is the word they use.
  彼かれの携帯電話けいたいでんわは他たの電話でんわを妨害ぼうがいする電波でんぱを出だした。↗

  His mobile phone produced radio emissions that interfered with other phones.
• 感度かんどJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounHow sensitively a radio, TV, or similar receiver picks up signals — good or poor reception as a quality of the equipment. It also means the sensitivity of measuring instruments.

Use 受付 for a reception desk or receptionist, 応接 for the act of receiving visitors, 受容 for the abstract reception of ideas or culture, and 電波 or 感度 for phone, radio, or TV signal reception.

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• 受付うけつけreception (desk)
• 受容じゅようreception
• 応接おうせつreception (e.g. of visitors)
• 電波でんぱradio wave
• 感度かんどsensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument)
• 受信じゅしんreceiving (a message, letter, email, etc.)
• 接客せっきゃくserving customers
• 受け入れうけいれreceiving
• 宴会えんかいparty
• 待遇たいぐうtreatment
• もてなしhospitality
• 聞こえきこえbeing able to hear something (clearly)
• 享受きょうじゅenjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.)
• レセプションreception
• 収受しゅうじゅreception
• 披露宴ひろうえんreception (e.g. wedding)
• 出迎えでむかえmeeting
• 接見せっけん(official) audience
• おもてなしhospitality
• うけpopularity
• 映りうつりprojection
• 受話じゅわreception (telephone)
• 接遇せつぐうreception
• 交歓会こうかんかいreception
• あしらいtreatment
• 接受せつじゅreceipt
• 納受のうじゅacceptance
• 歓迎かんげいwelcome
• 受像じゅぞう(television) reception
• 帳場ちょうば(hotel) reception
• フロントreception (e.g. in a hotel)
• 対応たいおうdealing with
• 取り持ちとりもちentertainment
• 視聴しちょう(signal) reception